Punchy
February 13th, 2006
I present to you the front of Bay. Guess what I did? Accidentally knitted the large size instead of the medium. And there is no way in hell I am unraveling this yarn. So I really, really, hope it’s not going be a gigantic problem. I figure I could use a little extra fabric in the front, anyway, since I’VE GAINED 15 POUNDS SINCE I’VE MOVED HERE. ahem. sorry about that little outburst.
anyhoo. . .
Again, nothing spectacularly new learned here. Simple shaping of the body. The shoulders have a bit of shaping like the back, which I kind of like. I am now on to the arms. yay! My goal is to have them knitted up this week and then have a seaming party next weekend. Since I’m taking Friday and Saturday off I may be able to accomplish this. You might just see a finished Bay by next weekend!
Lately I’ve been inspired to create. My mom is a painter (watercolors) and I’ve been accompanying her on some gallery-crawls (so to speak). In Spokane we have this thing called “First Friday” in which the first friday of every month the galleries Downtown are open until late so people can go gallery-crawling. It’s really fun and so very inspiring. I’ve been really attracted to the works of the The Northwest Paper Mache guild. I really, really would like to learn how to do that 
. But in the meantime, I was thinking about some other ways I could express myself. I love the fiber arts (Obviously). So I remembered, around the same time I got back into knitting (in February 2003), in fact, the same craft fair in which I purchased the yarn that catapulted me into my current obsession with knitting, I took a class on Igolochkoy (Russian Punchneedle Embroidery) from Gail Bird. I thought I would dig out the stuff I bought at the craft fair. I found the little piece that I did at her workshop:
and another piece that I did later at home:
I remember really liking how the finished product looked. Ms. Bird had some books and some examples in her booth of some really beautiful pieces done by an artist that I can’t remember.
I played around today with a piece that I started about two years ago but didn’t finish. I’m really rusty, but I think I will pick it up again and see where it takes me!
Entry Filed under: Bay, Punch Needle
5 Comments
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Christie | February 13th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Bay looks good! Lordy, all those stripes!
Your embroidery is lovery…so talented.
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Karma | February 13th, 2006 at 5:06 pm
Oh my goodness, no, you can’t rip out Bay. That would be tragic. Will you knit size medium other parts and make this large part work somehow? Boss that knitting around!
haha
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andrea | February 13th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
oh i love the flowers! so delicate, how cool.
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Lolly | February 14th, 2006 at 7:08 am
Oh how beautiful! I just love embroidery, and have not seen this technique before. Amazing! Can’t wait to see more. I really need to try this!
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heather | February 14th, 2006 at 7:21 am
embroidery is so awesome…it was used to teach women to do needlecraft and to become literate…amazing what you learn on antiques roadshow!